The Park spans over an area of 820sq. Km which includes Rajaji,
Motichur and Chilla wildlife sanctuaries, parts of Dehradun, Siwalik
and Lansdowne Forest Divisions. These three sanctuaries were
amalgamated in 1983 to Rajaji National Park, named after the Late
Raja Gopal Chariya. The majestic Ganges flows through the National
Park for a distance of 24km, besides the innumerable streams and
brooks making it rich and diverse. It offers ample opportunities to
nature lovers to enjoy the captivating landscape and wildlife.

Rajaji is thickly foliated
predominantly by the Sal Forest and a number of other forest types
which include the Western Gangetic Moist and Northern dry Deciduous
and Khair-Sissoo forests. Low Alluvial Savannah Woodlands cover the
drier southern margins of the park, in contrast to the Siwalik Chir-Pine on the high reaches of the hills.

The park is home to the Cheetal, hog
deer, barking deer, Sambar deer, wild boar, antelopes such as the Nilgai, Goral and of course the
Asian Elephant.

A barking deer

Cheetal herd

The park also protects carnivores
such as the Tiger and the Leopard and the lesser carnivores like the
Jackal, Hyena, Jungle Cat, Leopard Cat,
Civets, Himalayan Yellow-Throated Marten and
Sloth Bears.

A
tiger on a drive track

The primates
include the Rhesus Macaque and the Hanuman Langur.

The
Indian hare and the Indian Porcupine are
among the small mammals found in the park.

Reptiles in Rajaji include
one of the largest
Pythons, King Cobra, Common Krait, Indian Cobra and the Monitor
Lizard.

The park also houses over
four
hundred bird species. The Great Pied Hornbill, Himalayan
Pied
Kingfisher and fire tailed sunbird are some of the residents of our
retreat.

This area is the first staging ground
after the migratory birds cross over the mighty Himalayas into the
Indian subcontinent.

Rajaji National Park and the
Wild
Brook Retreat give you all the excitement and exhilaration of
holidaying in the heart of the Indian wildlife. Just where all the
action is. In the lap of Nature at its most raw and where the law of
the jungle prevails. Predators prowl the wild pathways, the deer
call for help, birds shriek in the skies and reptiles slither across
the earth.